Its melody coalesced gradually, at a sumptuous pace, and Mr. Hill effectively absorbed it into the body of the performance.

Islands of solid iron would have formed in that sea of heat, colliding and gradually coalescing.

At one time it had to be two separate volcanoes, gradually coalescing along that line.

The second, "Tetris Suite," was more distinctive, gradually coalescing into something rounded and lyrical.

They gradually coalesced into the national Network of Socialist Alliances.

As the young gas giants formed, they were surrounded by discs of material that gradually coalesced into moons.

Primitivistic and cacophonous at first, the piece gradually coalesces into a cohesive narrative.

McCoy stopped speaking; his thoughts gradually coalesced into a pattern of regrets, blame and fault-finding.

The noise gradually coalesced into a single cry: "War!

The shared vision for historical preservation and education gradually coalesced into reality with the establishment of a steering group in late 1974.